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Centrality Dependence Of Two-Particle Number And Transverse Momentum Correlations In 200 Gev Au+Au Collisions At Rhic, Laurence Henry Tarini
Centrality Dependence Of Two-Particle Number And Transverse Momentum Correlations In 200 Gev Au+Au Collisions At Rhic, Laurence Henry Tarini
Wayne State University Dissertations
We present plots of the pattern of particle formation in $sqrt{s_{NN}}=200$ GeV Au+Au heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) using three different two-particle correlation measurements of number and transverse momentum as a function of relative azimuth, pseudorapidity and centrality. All three observables show the onset of a ``ridge" feature of enhanced correlations in pseudorapidity with increasing centrality. The plots of real data are compared to plots of simulations using RQMD data and data from a simple ``cluster'' model. The intent of the analysis is to analyze the role of radial flow in the onset of the …